History

Structure

Like the rest of the 'L' tracks north of the Wilson station, Foster is elevated on a solid fill embankment, unlike the steel structure commonly associated with the 'L'. It lacks a formal station house; two staircases on the south side of Foster Street lead up to a small area containing a customer assistant's booth, a farecard vending machine, and two turnstiles. The island platform is composed of concrete and stretches north from the station entrance, covered by a canopy its entire length. Southbound trains stop on the west side of the platform, while northbound trains stop at the east part. The platform can only accommodate six-car trains because the north tip of the platform has been removed, although its framing and canopy are still in place.

Foster (surname)

The surname Foster (Forster, or Forester) derives from the ancient title and office bestowed upon those overseeing the upkeep and administration of hunting territories belonging to either the monarch, or bishop (where empowered to grant warren). The title begins to be adopted as a surname, in the historical record, from the 12th and 13th centuries onwards.

Plot: Earth is attacked by the Kulkus, a hostile breed infected by a lethal virus and needing human blood to develop an antidote. Earth's governments negotiate peace terms with the Kulku ambassador, giving eight million humans shared between the nations to the invaders and in return they would spare the planet. When Heather Chase, the daughter of the scientist Stephen Chase, is one of the selected, her father fights to save her, joining the resistance force. He proposes to Blair and Alex, the leaders of the resistance, to give his researches with some alien material found in 1947, exchanging for the liberty of his daughter. But Heather is a unique species, having genes that heal the Kulkus, and they do not accept her release.

Keywords: father-daughter-relationship, kidnapping, spaceshipGenres: Sci-Fi,
Taglines: They've Come For Our Blood They Were Asked To Die For The Good Of Humanity. They Chose To Fight For Freedom Instead

Quotes:

Blair: [Pointing a gun at a soldier] I honestly wouldn't move a muscle. I have anger issues I still need to resolve. [Evil smirk]

Plot: Earth is attacked by the Kulkus, a hostile breed infected by a lethal virus and needing human blood to develop an antidote. Earth's governments negotiate peace terms with the Kulku ambassador, giving eight million humans shared between the nations to the invaders and in return they would spare the planet. When Heather Chase, the daughter of the scientist Stephen Chase, is one of the selected, her father fights to save her, joining the resistance force. He proposes to Blair and Alex, the leaders of the resistance, to give his researches with some alien material found in 1947, exchanging for the liberty of his daughter. But Heather is a unique species, having genes that heal the Kulkus, and they do not accept her release.

Keywords: father-daughter-relationship, kidnapping, spaceshipGenres: Sci-Fi,
Taglines: They've Come For Our Blood They Were Asked To Die For The Good Of Humanity. They Chose To Fight For Freedom Instead

Quotes:

Blair: [Pointing a gun at a soldier] I honestly wouldn't move a muscle. I have anger issues I still need to resolve. [Evil smirk]

Plot: 21st century. USA. The second civil war. The whole country is in a state of emergency. What was formerly called the American Congress now rules with fascistic methods. There is only one free city left, Steel Harbor, headquarter for the resistance. This is the hometown of Barb Wire, owner of the night club Hammerhead. As times aren't good, Barb has a second job. She's a bounty hunter and you probably wouldn't want her after you. Barb's credo is to never take sides for anybody and that's the only way to survive these days. As her former lover Axel Hood appears asking for a favour, Barb suddenly finds herself to be key player on high political stage. Now she has to take sides...

Quotes:

Alexander Willis: Colonel Pryzer. Alexander Willis, Director of Police Operations. Welcome to Steel Harbor.::Coloney Pryzer: Wipe that smile off your face, Willis! This burned-out hellhole is the last place on Earth I want to be right now. And if it wasn't for your almost complete incompetence, I wouldn't be here in the first place. Would I?::Alexander Willis: Yes, well needless to say I intended to have both Krebs and Cora D extraditcated and sent back to Washington by now. However, due to circumstances...::Coloney Pryzer: [interupting] Listen carefully, if Cora D escapes, I will personally rip your heart out of your ass and stuff it back down your throat!::Alexander Willis: [sarcastic] That's not very sanitary.

Manny: What are you doing here?::Barb Wire: [holds up a cigarette] Looking for a light. Got one?::Manny: [laughing] I don't smoke.::[Barb shoots him in the head with a mini-dart from the fake cigarette]::Barb Wire: Neither do I.

[last lines]::Alexander Willis: Where will you go now, Barb?::Barb Wire: Well, I hear Paris is nice this time of year.::Alexander Willis: Mind if I tag along with you?::Barb Wire: Don't mind.::Alexander Willis: I do believe I'm falling in love.::Barb Wire: Get in line!

[Col. Pryzer is torturing Charlie with electric shocks]::Coloney Pryzer: One last chance, Charlie. Where are the rental lenses?::Charlie Kopetski: [defiant] The Easter Bunny took 'em!::[Charlie is hit with more electric shocks and he screams in pain]::Charlie Kopetski: [in agony] Please... stop! I'll talk! This guy has them. I gave the lenses to this guy.::Coloney Pryzer: What guy?::Charlie Kopetski: This big guy. He's big and fat. He has a white beard, he wears a red suite, he lives at the North Pole... and he goes by the name of Kringle. Kris... Kringle.

Plot: A photographer, who has been hired to photograph the wild west of America where he has lived his entire life, tells his client of a photograph he has that was taken one hundred years ago by his French great-grandmother that epitomizes what he is trying to capture. The story behind the photographer's heritage and that photograph... In the early 1870s, photographer Francis Leroy and who would eventually becomes his wife, Jeanne Leroy née Perriere, a baker's daughter and an aspiring photographer in her own right, move from Paris, where strife has taken hold due to Napoleon's loss in the Franco-Prussian War, to the American west, where the light is more conducive for their photography work. The move is despite not knowing about life at their destination and not knowing how to speak English. Veterinarian David Williams and his wife Mary Williams love each other, but their wants in life are incompatible with each other, David who loves his work treating real animals on farms and ranches, while Mary would rather live in Philadelphia where she was raised, especially as she feels isolated more often than not being alone on their remote farm. Several years later after both Francis and Mary are tragically killed in separate incidents, Jeanne and David meet for the first time as they both drop their respective children off at the same boarding school run by its unconventional teacher, Alice. Despite Jeanne and David's attraction to each other, a second chance at love for both may be impeded by the memories of their respective first spouse, for David especially as Mary's murderers were never caught.

Foster

My legs are shakingAs I stare into the wakingGuess I always knewYou were broken on the insideWatched life passing you byBut you couldn't moveAnd no one stopped to ask youIf it was okay, ohSurely there had to be a way to smile, AgainPale familiar faces remind meWe weren't always strangersBurying a friendRemember the year we all spent laughingFeels guilty to feel happyIt never shouldBut I didn't stop to ask youIf it was okay, ohSurely there had to be a wayTo feel okay, ohSurely there had to be a wayTo smile againTo let life inThrough the closet closedHeaven from our soulsI'm okaySurely there had to be a wayOkaySurely there had to be a wayOkay

A first-of-its-kind report on the transition from foster care to adulthood shows Ohio teens and young adults lagging the nation in employment and education.By age 21, just 43 percent of former foster youths in Ohio had a high school diploma or equivalent, according to data released last week by the Annie E....